Alon Levkowitz
ARTICLES BY: Alon Levkowitz
Could Nuclear Arms Race in Asia Lead to Middle East Weapons?
For many decades, it was only the superpowers -- the United States, the Soviet Union/Russia, and China -- that held nuclear weapons. No other states...
Lessons From North Korea: Once You Go Nuclear, You Don’t Go Back
The Biden administration has accepted the fact that CVID -- the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantling of the North Korean nuclear program -- will not...
Joe Biden and the Fight for Asia
While President Donald Trump’s Asia policy was not a central issue in the 2020 US presidential election, it had a huge impact on the American...
The Fate of Japan’s Prime Minister Will Affect the World
The recent announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he will resign from office for health reasons sparked campaigns by potential successors, and opened...
Trump and North Korea: Back to Square One?
On April 27, 2018, Kim Jong-un crossed the demarcation line to South Korea to meet with Moon Jae-in, the South Korean president. As this was...
South Korea’s Brilliant Approach to Coronavirus: Testing and Competence
The population of South Korea in 2020 is about 51 million. As of March 31, 2020, according to the South Korean Ministry of Health, 162...
Washington’s North Korea Dilemma
The Singapore Summit on June 12, 2018 between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un led to high expectations that tensions might be...
Is It Wrong for Tourists to Visit North Korea?
In April 2019, I visited North Korea on a private organized tour, which means that I was the only tourist in the group. The format allowed...
President Rivlin in South Korea: Time for a Diplomatic Upgrade
On July 14, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will land in South Korea for an official state visit. This visit can serve as a catalyst for...
After Trump’s Worrying Moves, America’s Asian Allies Should Adjust Their Security Policies
For many years, the cost of the deployment of US forces in South Korea and Japan has been a key matter of discussion between Washington...
The North Korean Debate in the Age of Trump
The Korean conflict has divided more than the two Koreas. It has also prompted the creation of opposing “blame narratives” among scholars, policymakers, and journalists....
Israel and North Korea: A New Opportunity?
In the early 1990s, Eitan Ben-Zur of the Israeli foreign office tried to explore the possibility of a deal with North Korea to halt its...
Vietnam and Israel: The First 25 Years
Israel and Vietnam just marked their first 25 years of diplomatic relations. There is now a strong potential for further economic and diplomatic improvement that could...
